B.A. Sociology and Social Anthropology with a Year in Finland (Hons)

The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Stage 1

Possible modules may include:

• Social Problems and Social Policy I: Youth,The family and the State
• Social Anthropology
• Foundations of Biological Anthropology
• Sociology of Everyday Life
• Fundamentals of Sociology
• Introduction to Criminology
• Modern Culture

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Stage 2

Possible modules may include:

• Contemporary Sociological Theory
• Ethnographies
• Advanced Social Anthropology

Year abroad

On this four-year programme, you spend the third year studying at University of Jyväskylä in Finland. All teaching and assessment is conducted in English. This is a fantastic opportunity to experience another culture and enjoy learning in a different environment. School of Anthropology Year Abroad programmes are very successful and students always report that their year was enriching and hugely beneficial.

Possible modules may include:

• Year Abroad Mark One
• Year Abroad Mark Two

Stage 3

Possible modules may include:

• Southern Mediterranean Societies: Mashriq andMaghreb
• The Ethnography of Central Asian Societies
• European Societies
• African Societies
• Video Project in Visual Anthropology
• Sociological and Anthropological Approaches to Development
• History of Evolutionary Thought
• Special Project in Social Anthropology
• Human Ecology
• South East Asian Societies
• The Anthropology of Health, Illness and Medicine
• The Anthropology of Gender
• Anthropology and Language
• Culture and Cognition
• Visual Anthropology Theory